Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia to fully cover domestic consumptions of wheat and potatoes
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Preliminary results of this autumn’s harvest was presented Wednesday to the Cabinet by the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, Mr P.Sergelen. He said Mongolia will cover 100 percent of domestic wheat and potato consumptions.
This autumn, a total of 475 thousand tons of grains, including 460 thousand tons of wheat, 153 thousand tons of potatoes, 93 thousand tons of vegetables, 20 thousand tons of oil plants and 50 thousand tons of soiling crops.
Companies and individuals have prepared fallow in 389 thousand hectares. A total of 45 thousand tons of grains are stored for next year’s seeding.
